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  "id": 9025098,
  "title": "News Wrap: FAA issues ground stops at major East Coast airports due to equipment failure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/news-wrap-faa-issues-ground-stops-at-major-east-coast-airports-due-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T22:45:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-faa-issues-ground-stops-at-major-east-coast-airports-due-to-equipment-failure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued ground stops at several major East Coast airports due to an equipment failure. According to CBS News and Le Monde English, an Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut into a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey, causing a telecom outage. This outage led to the FAA pausing flights in the Northeast.\n\nThe ground stops affected airports in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, and two smaller airports in the New York area, causing over 1,000 flight delays, as reported by Channel News Asia. The FAA halted incoming flights at these airports, although flights resumed at John F. Kennedy Airport and LaGuardia Airport after a replacement circuit was implemented.\n\nThe incident highlighted the fragility of the US air traffic control system, which received $12.5 billion for upgrades from Congress last year, according to Channel News Asia. The FAA, under Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, not Sean Duffy as per CBS News and Le Monde English, worked to resolve the issue.",
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        "published": "2026-09-21T17:05:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "FAA halts flights at major East Coast airports after telecom failure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/faa-halts-flights-at-major-east-coast-airports-after-telecom-failure",
        "published": "2026-09-21T17:19:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "U.S. halts flights at 7 major airports over communications issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/u-s-halts-flights-at-7-major-airports-over-communications-issues",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:40:38.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction site",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/us-halts-flights-at-busy-east-coast-airports-says-fiber-line-cut-at",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:03:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction site",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/us-halts-flights-at-busy-east-coast-airports-says-fiber-line-cut-at-8991202",
        "published": "2026-09-21T19:37:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "FAA halts flights to major US East Coast airports amid outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/faa-halts-flights-to-major-us-east-coast-airports-amid-outage",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:01:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Hundreds of US flights canceled due to outage in East Coast airports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/hundreds-of-us-flights-canceled-due-to-outage-in-east-coast-airports",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:12:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Chaos on the East Coast: Technical malfunction grounds thousands of flights",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/chaos-on-the-east-coast-technical-malfunction-grounds-thousands-of",
        "published": "2026-09-21T20:45:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Equipment outage hits major East Coast airports with delays, cancellations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/equipment-outage-hits-major-east-coast-airports-with-delays",
        "published": "2026-09-21T21:11:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}